• [HeelvsBabyface] Doctor Who is OVER and DONE!!

    From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 04:30:43 2025
    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern trash could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the show are expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction for NEW Doctor material as well as the show now being completely in limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    --
    Let's go Brandon!



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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 13:23:57 2025
    In article <10d80gc$13af$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca says...
    RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!.


    You know, a new showrunner could just ignore it. When a
    show runs this long, things fall out of continuity all by
    themselves. Most modern viewers have probably never heard
    of the Guardians or the Celestials, which means they're
    effectively gone unless deliberately brought back.

    *Ignore* the bloody Timeless Child.


    Melissa


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  • From Tim Merrigan@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 11:06:58 2025
    On 10/21/2025 6:06 AM, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>,
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern trash >> could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the show are
    expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction for NEW Doctor >> material as well as the show now being completely in limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    --
    Let's go Brandon!



    Sack RTD and get a brand new showrunners who will
    do what the fans want: RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!.

    More accurately: "Sack RTD and do what the half dozen fans who post
    here want."

    I don't believe you speak for all Whovians.

    If you retcon the Timeless Child what do you plan to do for the 26th* regeneration?

    *12 original + one from River Song + 12 more from the exiled Time Lords.
    Note: this count would include the Fugitive Doctor and the War Doctor
    if the Timeless Child story line is removed, making the upcoming Billy
    Piper incarnation the 19th Doctor.

    (1: Jo Martin, 2: William Hartnell, 3: Patrick Troughton, 4: Jon
    Pertwee, 5: Tom Baker, 6: Peter Davison, 7: Colin Baker, 8: Sylvester
    McCoy, 9: Paul McGann, 10: John Hurt, 11: Christopher Eccleston, 12:
    David Tennant, 13: Matt Smith, 14: Matt Smith, 15: Peter Capaldi, 16:
    Jodie Whittaker, 17: David Tennant, 18: Ncuti Gatwa, and 19: Billy Piper)

    By this calculation they have 6 regenerations left, unless the writers
    come up with another gimmick to give them more. Oh! Wait! They have,
    with the Timeless Child they have infinite regenerations!
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  • From The True Doctor@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 19:10:06 2025
    On 21/10/2025 18:23, The True Melissa wrote:
    In article <10d80gc$13af$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca says...
    RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!.


    You know, a new showrunner could just ignore it. When a
    show runs this long, things fall out of continuity all by
    themselves. Most modern viewers have probably never heard
    of the Guardians or the Celestials, which means they're
    effectively gone unless deliberately brought back.

    *Ignore* the bloody Timeless Child.


    The Timeless Child monster cannot be ignored as it changes the Doctor's
    entire origin story and turns him into an entirely different character
    which is that of an unrepentant war criminal hiding from their crimes.


    Melissa



    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." --William Shatner

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  • From The True Doctor@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 19:16:34 2025
    On 21/10/2025 19:06, Tim Merrigan wrote:
    On 10/21/2025 6:06 AM, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>,
    Ubiquitous˙ <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this
    modern trash
    could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the show
    are
    expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction for NEW
    Doctor
    material as well as the show now being completely in limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    --
    Let's go Brandon!



    Sack RTD and get a brand new showrunners who will
    do what the fans want: RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR
    WHO!.

    More accurately:˙ "Sack RTD and do what the half dozen fans who post
    here want."

    I don't believe you speak for all Whovians.

    If you retcon the Timeless Child what do you plan to do for the 26th* regeneration?

    There are no regenerations after Capaldi.


    *12 original + one from River Song + 12 more from the exiled Time Lords.
    ˙Note: this count would include the Fugitive Doctor and the War Doctor
    if the Timeless Child story line is removed, making the upcoming Billy
    Piper incarnation the 19th Doctor.

    (1: Jo Martin, 2: William Hartnell, 3: Patrick Troughton, 4: Jon
    Pertwee, 5: Tom Baker, 6: Peter Davison, 7: Colin Baker, 8: Sylvester
    McCoy, 9: Paul McGann, 10: John Hurt, 11: Christopher Eccleston, 12:
    David Tennant, 13: Matt Smith, 14: Matt Smith, 15: Peter Capaldi, 16:
    Jodie Whittaker, 17: David Tennant, 18: Ncuti Gatwa, and 19: Billy Piper)

    Only Hartnell though to Capaldi are the Doctor. The others you have
    added are pure fan fac.


    By this calculation they have 6 regenerations left, unless the writers
    come up with another gimmick to give them more.˙ Oh!˙ Wait! They have,
    with the Timeless Child they have infinite regenerations!

    They already gave the Doctor another set of regenerations at the end of
    The Time of the Doctor. There was not limit set to those. The Timeless
    Child monster was completely unnecessary and was only added to serve degenerate woke ideology to justify a female and then black homosexual
    Doctor despite all previous incarnations being white, male, and
    heterosexual, and there was nothing wrong with them being that way.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." --William Shatner

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 14:28:08 2025
    In article <10d8i9v$3ujh$1@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...
    The Timeless Child monster cannot be ignored as it changes the Doctor's entire origin story and turns him into an entirely different character
    which is that of an unrepentant war criminal hiding from their crimes.


    That's exactly why it should be ignored.


    Melissa


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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 14:30:23 2025
    In article <10d8im3$43md$2@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...
    despite all previous incarnations being white, male, and
    heterosexual,


    Most of his incarnations were asexual, in practice if not
    by statement.


    Melissa


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  • From The True Doctor@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 19:43:00 2025
    On 21/10/2025 19:30, The True Melissa wrote:
    In article <10d8im3$43md$2@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...
    despite all previous incarnations being white, male, and
    heterosexual,


    Most of his incarnations were asexual, in practice if not
    by statement.


    Melissa


    He was heterosexual and then became celibate after he became a grandfather.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." --William Shatner

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 20:39:32 2025

    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/10/2025 18:23, The True Melissa wrote:
    In article <10d80gc$13af$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca says...
    RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!.

    You know, a new showrunner could just ignore it. When a
    show runs this long, things fall out of continuity all by
    themselves. Most modern viewers have probably never heard
    of the Guardians or the Celestials, which means they're
    effectively gone unless deliberately brought back.

    *Ignore* the bloody Timeless Child.

    The Timeless Child monster cannot be ignored as it changes
    the Doctor's entire origin story and turns him into an
    entirely different character which is that of an unrepentant
    war criminal hiding from their crimes.

    Well... I ignore it. Just as I ignore other parts of "Doctor
    Who" that I don't really like.

    Plus, the people banging on about the Timeless Child all the
    time were against Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor from the
    moment she was cast in the role... before any part of the
    Timeless Child arc had been broadcast. So methinks it's not
    really about the Timeless Child storyline at all...


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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 20:38:17 2025

    The True Melissa wrote:

    In article <10d80gc$13af$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca says...
    RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!

    You know, a new showrunner could just ignore it. When a
    show runs this long, things fall out of continuity all by
    themselves. Most modern viewers have probably never heard
    of the Guardians or the Celestials, which means they're
    effectively gone unless deliberately brought back.

    Ignore the bloody Timeless Child.

    That's too easy!

    What would the full-time moaners have to complain about
    then, eh?


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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 20:41:12 2025

    The True Melissa wrote:

    In article <10d8i9v$3ujh$1@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...
    The Timeless Child monster cannot be ignored as it changes
    the Doctor's entire origin story and turns him into an
    entirely different character which is that of an unrepentant
    war criminal hiding from their crimes.


    That's exactly why it should be ignored.

    Doesn't matter... they'd still find something else to moan
    about if the "Timeless Child" was retconned...

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 20:52:02 2025
    The True Melissa wrote:

    In article <10d8im3$43md$2@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...
    despite all previous incarnations being white, male,
    and heterosexual,


    Most of his incarnations were asexual, in practice if not
    by statement.

    Well, I'm certainly glad that I didn't have my childhood ruined
    by the Doctor and his companion being 'at it' in the TARDIS.

    Oh for the simpler times...

    Maybe Looms were not such a bad idea after all! ;-)

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  • From Tim Merrigan@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 13:14:34 2025
    On 10/21/2025 11:16 AM, The True Doctor wrote:
    They already gave the Doctor another set of regenerations at the end of
    The Time of the Doctor.

    I included those and there was a limit, they gave him another 12.

    --

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    Tim Merrigan

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  • From The True Doctor@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 21:16:22 2025
    On 21/10/2025 20:39, Blueshirt wrote:

    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/10/2025 18:23, The True Melissa wrote:
    In article <10d80gc$13af$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca says...
    RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!.

    You know, a new showrunner could just ignore it. When a
    show runs this long, things fall out of continuity all by
    themselves. Most modern viewers have probably never heard
    of the Guardians or the Celestials, which means they're
    effectively gone unless deliberately brought back.

    *Ignore* the bloody Timeless Child.

    The Timeless Child monster cannot be ignored as it changes
    the Doctor's entire origin story and turns him into an
    entirely different character which is that of an unrepentant
    war criminal hiding from their crimes.

    Well... I ignore it. Just as I ignore other parts of "Doctor
    Who" that I don't really like.

    Plus, the people banging on about the Timeless Child all the
    time were against Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor from the
    moment she was cast in the role... before any part of the
    Timeless Child arc had been broadcast. So methinks it's not
    really about the Timeless Child storyline at all...


    Wrong. Jodie Whittaker was and still is a shit actress totally
    unsuitable for the role. Jo Martin did a better job in just 15 minutes
    what Whittaker did in 3 whole series. People know from the start that
    this was what Chibnall was going to do in order to try to justify
    putting a woman in the lead role and insult their intelligence. The
    Doctor is a heterosexual male character and there is nothing wrong with
    that.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." --William Shatner

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  • From The True Doctor@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 21:17:19 2025
    On 21/10/2025 21:14, Tim Merrigan wrote:
    On 10/21/2025 11:16 AM, The True Doctor wrote:
    They already gave the Doctor another set of regenerations at the end
    of The Time of the Doctor.

    I included those and there was a limit, they gave him another 12.


    It was never stated how many they gave him. They could have been unlimited.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." --William Shatner

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  • From The True Doctor@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 21:18:31 2025
    On 21/10/2025 19:28, The True Melissa wrote:
    In article <10d8i9v$3ujh$1@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...
    The Timeless Child monster cannot be ignored as it changes the Doctor's
    entire origin story and turns him into an entirely different character
    which is that of an unrepentant war criminal hiding from their crimes.


    That's exactly why it should be ignored.


    It can't be ignored. It has to be completely removed from canon.


    Melissa



    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." --William Shatner

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 09:57:40 2025
    On 2025-10-21 18:06:58 +0000, Tim Merrigan said:

    On 10/21/2025 6:06 AM, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>,
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern trash
    could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the show are >>> expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction for NEW Doctor >>> material as well as the show now being completely in limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    --
    Let's go Brandon!



    Sack RTD and get a brand new showrunners who will
    do what the fans want: RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!.

    More accurately: "Sack RTD and do what the half dozen fans who post
    here want."

    I don't believe you speak for all Whovians.

    If you retcon the Timeless Child what do you plan to do for the 26th* regeneration?

    *12 original + one from River Song + 12 more from the exiled Time
    Lords. Note: this count would include the Fugitive Doctor and the War Doctor if the Timeless Child story line is removed, making the upcoming Billy Piper incarnation the 19th Doctor.

    (1: Jo Martin, 2: William Hartnell, 3: Patrick Troughton, 4: Jon
    Pertwee, 5: Tom Baker, 6: Peter Davison, 7: Colin Baker, 8: Sylvester
    McCoy, 9: Paul McGann, 10: John Hurt, 11: Christopher Eccleston, 12:
    David Tennant, 13: Matt Smith, 14: Matt Smith, 15: Peter Capaldi, 16:
    Jodie Whittaker, 17: David Tennant, 18: Ncuti Gatwa, and 19: Billy
    Piper)

    By this calculation they have 6 regenerations left, unless the writers
    come up with another gimmick to give them more. Oh! Wait! They have,
    with the Timeless Child they have infinite regenerations!

    But that's a mis-calcualtion. If you take the show back to it's
    *proper* version, then Jo Martin, Jodie Whittaker, and Ncuti Gatwa
    don't count at all. There's also no evidence that Billie Piper is the
    new Doctor (semi-permanent or temporary). Paul McGann doesn't count
    either and possibly neither does John Hurt.

    Then there's Peter Cushing, although he's a different "Doctor Who"
    entirely ... supposedly.




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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 19:23:29 2025
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    Then there's Peter Cushing, although he's a different "Doctor Who"
    entirely ... supposedly.

    He did a great job in the role, though. I'm only sad that David Niven
    never got a chance at it.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From The True Doctor@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 00:31:11 2025
    On 22/10/2025 00:23, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    Then there's Peter Cushing, although he's a different "Doctor Who"
    entirely ... supposedly.

    He did a great job in the role, though. I'm only sad that David Niven
    never got a chance at it.
    --scott

    Blame it on Wartergate like I did. He surely could have come up with a
    better magic trick which didn't require him to bug his own office.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." --William Shatner

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 00:50:07 2025
    Again, please keep the Dr. Who slop *out* of the rec.arts.sf.fandom
    newsgroup. That's a low-volume newsgroup for discussing fandom
    itself, meaning coventions and the people who attend and run them,
    and fanzines and the people who write and publish them.

    In recent days the unwanted Dr. Who slop has exceeded all other
    traffic in that newsgroup, threatening to destroy it.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Tim Merrigan@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 18:25:59 2025
    On 10/21/2025 1:57 PM, Your Name wrote:
    But that's a mis-calcualtion. If you take the show back to it's *proper* version, then Jo Martin, Jodie Whittaker, and Ncuti Gatwa don't count at all. There's also no evidence that Billie Piper is the new Doctor (semi- permanent or temporary). Paul McGann doesn't count either and possibly neither does John Hurt.

    Says you. I'll take the word of the powers that be at BBC over yours.
    As I said before, I don't believe that you speak for all Whovians, or
    any, for that matter, other than yourself.

    --

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    Tim Merrigan

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 16:17:18 2025
    On 2025-10-22 01:25:59 +0000, Tim Merrigan said:
    On 10/21/2025 1:57 PM, Your Name wrote:
    But that's a mis-calcualtion. If you take the show back to it's
    *proper* version, then Jo Martin, Jodie Whittaker, and Ncuti Gatwa
    don't count at all. There's also no evidence that Billie Piper is the
    new Doctor (semi- permanent or temporary). Paul McGann doesn't count
    either and possibly neither does John Hurt.

    Says you. I'll take the word of the powers that be at BBC over yours.
    As I said before, I don't believe that you speak for all Whovians, or
    any, for that matter, other than yourself.

    The BBC doesn't really give a flying monkey crap about "Doctor Who" nor
    the viewers / fans. As soon as it no longer makes "enough" money for
    them, they'll drop it as quickly as they can. They'll also butcher it
    with all sorts of stupid ideas in misguided attempts to "attract a new audience".


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  • From Tim Merrigan@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 21 22:22:18 2025
    On 10/21/2025 7:45 PM, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <10d9br8$ar91$1@dont-email.me>,
    Tim Merrigan <tppm@rr.ca.com> wrote:
    On 10/21/2025 1:57 PM, Your Name wrote:
    But that's a mis-calcualtion. If you take the show back to it's *proper* >>> version, then Jo Martin, Jodie Whittaker, and Ncuti Gatwa don't count at >>> all. There's also no evidence that Billie Piper is the new Doctor (semi- >>> permanent or temporary). Paul McGann doesn't count either and possibly
    neither does John Hurt.

    Says you. I'll take the word of the powers that be at BBC over yours.
    As I said before, I don't believe that you speak for all Whovians, or
    any, for that matter, other than yourself.


    IYIO

    --

    Qualified immunity = virtual impunity.

    Tim Merrigan


    ¨Kay es IYIO?

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 09:53:26 2025
    Your Name wrote:

    On 2025-10-21 18:06:58 +0000, Tim Merrigan said:

    On 10/21/2025 6:06 AM, The Doctor wrote:

    Sack RTD and get a brand new showrunners who will
    do what the fans want: RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD
    TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!.

    More accurately: "Sack RTD and do what the half dozen
    fans who post here want."

    I don't believe you speak for all Whovians.

    If you retcon the Timeless Child what do you plan to do for
    the 26th* regeneration?

    *12 original + one from River Song + 12 more from the exiled
    Time Lords. Note: this count would include the Fugitive
    Doctor and the War Doctor if the Timeless Child story line
    is removed, making the upcoming Billy Piper incarnation the
    19th Doctor.

    (1: Jo Martin, 2: William Hartnell, 3: Patrick Troughton, 4:
    Jon Pertwee, 5: Tom Baker, 6: Peter Davison, 7: Colin
    Baker, 8: Sylvester McCoy, 9: Paul McGann, 10: John Hurt,
    11: Christopher Eccleston, 12: David Tennant, 13: Matt
    Smith, 14: Matt Smith, 15: Peter Capaldi, 16: Jodie
    Whittaker, 17: David Tennant, 18: Ncuti Gatwa, and 19: Billy
    Piper)

    By this calculation they have 6 regenerations left, unless
    the writers come up with another gimmick to give them more.
    Oh! Wait! They have, with the Timeless Child they have
    infinite regenerations!

    But that's a mis-calcualtion. If you take the show back to
    it's proper version, then Jo Martin, Jodie Whittaker, and
    Ncuti Gatwa don't count at all. There's also no evidence that
    Billie Piper is the new Doctor (semi-permanent or temporary).
    Paul McGann doesn't count either and possibly neither does
    John Hurt.

    Well, if we're going down that road... nobody after Tom Baker
    counted, so there!!!

    Then there's Peter Cushing, although he's a different "Doctor
    Who" entirely ... supposedly.

    I'm happy to include him, somewhere... timey wimey and all
    that...


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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 09:53:27 2025
    Scott Dorsey wrote:

    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    Then there's Peter Cushing, although he's a
    different "Doctor Who" entirely ... supposedly.

    He did a great job in the role, though.

    I liked Peter Cushing's 'take' on the role. It was a
    different Doctor in many ways, but he nailed it.

    Plus, how could anyone not like those movie Daleks with
    their rubber bumpers and bright colours?!



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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 10:28:06 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <xn0pcbcpy8v7trz002@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    The True Melissa wrote:

    In article <10d8i9v$3ujh$1@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...

    The Timeless Child monster cannot be ignored as it changes
    the Doctor's entire origin story and turns him into an
    entirely different character which is that of an
    unrepentant war criminal hiding from their crimes.

    That's exactly why it should be ignored.

    Doesn't matter... they'd still find something else to moan
    about if the "Timeless Child" was retconned...

    What exactly?

    Some people do nothing BUT moan about the show.

    Nobody could like EVERYTHING about a television show that's
    run for 60+ years, so clearly people are happy to ignore some
    bits of it when it suits them. But, then when a female Doctor,
    oops I mean the Timeless Child storyline, came along, they get
    their knickers in a twist and start frothing at the mouth.

    The world hasn't ended. Calm down and JUST IGNORE IT!

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 12:21:27 2025
    In article <10d8pmn$6fts$2@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...
    Jodie Whittaker was and still is a shit actress totally
    unsuitable for the role.


    IMO she does pretty okay, for being both miscast and
    poorly written. It's the showrunners' fault, not hers.

    I've only seen some scenes with her, though, since I
    dropped out during the Capaldi era.


    Melissa


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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 12:23:09 2025
    In article <10d8pqo$6fts$4@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...

    On 21/10/2025 19:28, The True Melissa wrote:
    In article <10d8i9v$3ujh$1@dont-email.me>,
    agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM says...
    The Timeless Child monster cannot be ignored as it changes the Doctor's
    entire origin story and turns him into an entirely different character
    which is that of an unrepentant war criminal hiding from their crimes.


    That's exactly why it should be ignored.


    It can't be ignored. It has to be completely removed from canon.

    "Has to be?"

    There's no way to enforce that.


    Melissa


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  • From Tim Merrigan@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 12:00:13 2025
    On 10/22/2025 6:53 AM, The Doctor wrote:
    IYIO

    --

    Qualified immunity = virtual impunity.

    Tim Merrigan

    ¨Kay es IYIO?

    --

    Qualified immunity = virtual impunity.

    Tim Merrigan
    The Opposite of IMHO.

    Thanks. I knew, from context, that it was an insult, but how is
    "ignorant" the opposite of "humble" (or "arrogant", for that matter)?

    --

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    Tim Merrigan

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Thu Oct 23 09:49:26 2025
    On 2025-10-22 09:53:26 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-10-21 18:06:58 +0000, Tim Merrigan said:
    On 10/21/2025 6:06 AM, The Doctor wrote:

    Sack RTD and get a brand new showrunners who will
    do what the fans want: RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD
    TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!.

    More accurately: "Sack RTD and do what the half dozen
    fans who post here want."

    I don't believe you speak for all Whovians.

    If you retcon the Timeless Child what do you plan to do for
    the 26th* regeneration?

    *12 original + one from River Song + 12 more from the exiled
    Time Lords. Note: this count would include the Fugitive
    Doctor and the War Doctor if the Timeless Child story line
    is removed, making the upcoming Billy Piper incarnation the
    19th Doctor.

    (1: Jo Martin, 2: William Hartnell, 3: Patrick Troughton, 4:
    Jon Pertwee, 5: Tom Baker, 6: Peter Davison, 7: Colin
    Baker, 8: Sylvester McCoy, 9: Paul McGann, 10: John Hurt,
    11: Christopher Eccleston, 12: David Tennant, 13: Matt
    Smith, 14: Matt Smith, 15: Peter Capaldi, 16: Jodie
    Whittaker, 17: David Tennant, 18: Ncuti Gatwa, and 19: Billy
    Piper)

    By this calculation they have 6 regenerations left, unless
    the writers come up with another gimmick to give them more.
    Oh! Wait! They have, with the Timeless Child they have
    infinite regenerations!

    But that's a mis-calcualtion. If you take the show back to
    it's proper version, then Jo Martin, Jodie Whittaker, and
    Ncuti Gatwa don't count at all. There's also no evidence that
    Billie Piper is the new Doctor (semi-permanent or temporary).
    Paul McGann doesn't count either and possibly neither does
    John Hurt.

    Well, if we're going down that road... nobody after Tom Baker
    counted, so there!!!

    Then there's Peter Cushing, although he's a different "Doctor
    Who" entirely ... supposedly.

    I'm happy to include him, somewhere... timey wimey and all
    that...

    Peter Cushing's character was not a Time Lord. He was simply a human
    inventor. At best he was an "alternate universe Doctor Who".



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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 17:49:38 2025
    In article <10d8s44$75th$1@dont-email.me>,
    YourName@YourISP.com says...


    Paul McGann doesn't count either

    Why doesn't he count?


    Melissa


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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 17:52:55 2025
    In article <10d95f6$29oh$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca says...

    RTD continued with the Timeless Child hence his downfall.


    That era was a failure before the Timeless Child arc,
    IMO.


    Melissa


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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Thu Oct 23 12:02:14 2025
    On 2025-10-22 21:49:38 +0000, The True Melissa said:
    In article <10d8s44$75th$1@dont-email.me>,
    YourName@YourISP.com says...

    Paul McGann doesn't count either

    Why doesn't he count?


    Melissa

    The movie was simply Americanised garbage in an attempt to "break into"
    the US market ... and failed spectacularly on all fronts.


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  • From Tim Merrigan@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 17:59:34 2025
    On 10/22/2025 2:49 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
    In article <10d8s44$75th$1@dont-email.me>,
    YourName@YourISP.com says...


    Paul McGann doesn't count either

    Why doesn't he count?


    Melissa


    Speculation: None of the rest of the Big Finish stuff counts.

    --

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    Tim Merrigan

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  • From Tim Merrigan@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 22 18:07:15 2025
    On 10/22/2025 4:02 PM, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-10-22 21:49:38 +0000, The True Melissa said:
    In article <10d8s44$75th$1@dont-email.me>,
    YourName@YourISP.com says...

    Paul McGann doesn't count either

    Why doesn't he count?


    Melissa

    The movie was simply Americanised garbage in an attempt to "break into"
    the US market ... and failed spectacularly on all fronts.


    He's not counted because of the movie, but because of the short piece
    before "The Day of The Doctor" that ended with his regeneration into
    John Hurt.

    --

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    Tim Merrigan

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Thu Oct 23 10:36:59 2025
    Your Name wrote:

    On 2025-10-22 09:53:26 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    Your Name wrote:

    Then there's Peter Cushing, although he's a
    different "Doctor Who" entirely ... supposedly.

    I'm happy to include him, somewhere... timey wimey and all
    that...

    Peter Cushing's character was not a Time Lord. He was simply a
    human inventor. At best he was an "alternate universe Doctor
    Who".

    If people can disregard a Doctor just because they have a pair
    of tits and a vagina, or disregard the new origins for the
    character of the Doctor just because they don't like the idea
    of it, then - Time Lord or not - I'm including Peter Cushing.

    The titles of the films said "Doctor Who" so it's Doctor Who!

    A human inventor that creates a time machine is a better idea
    than Looms or the Timeless Child...

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  • From Rudy Canoza@3:633/10 to All on Thu Oct 23 10:34:17 2025
    The Binky Doctor wrote:
    Please stop living a sheletered life!


    Says Binky as he posts from his mothers basement.

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Fri Oct 24 11:19:12 2025
    On 2025-10-23 12:43:10 +0000, <laniesoril@hotmail.com> said:
    In article <6c9fdff618ba6b2cf876190900442a26@hamiltonhall.info>, john@hamiltonhall.info wrote:
    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern
    trash could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the >>> show are expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction
    for NEW Doctor material as well as the show now being completely in
    limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated time and time again.

    Next up, Harry Potter.

    Already happened with the black Hermione in the stage play, and
    probably even more silly changes in the up-coming TV series (wihich is
    just a pointless remake of the movies, rather than a new story)


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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Thu Oct 30 10:38:26 2025
    On 2025-10-29 12:58:49 +0000, <bautencio@stmct.org> said:
    john@hamiltonhall.info wrote:

    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:



    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern

    trash could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the

    show are expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction

    for NEW Doctor material as well as the show now being completely in limbo.



    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ



    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated time and time again.



    I heard there was a Stargate in the pipeline. I'm rewatching all 10 seasons

    of SG1 before they ruin that for me forever.


    There were at least two new Stargate projects, one a cinema movie and
    one a TV series. Similarly there were two new Battlestar Galactica
    projects, again a movie and a TV series. Little has been heard about
    them in a while though.

    In today's news there is also Buck Rogers movie in the works that has
    just got a new writer.

    Hopefully they all get dropped. The last thing we need are yet more
    idiotic reboots by the lazy, talentless generation in Hollyweird. :-(


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  • From john@3:633/10 to All on Sun Nov 9 10:09:23 2025
    In article <10dao06$1k7e$10@gallifrey.nk.ca>, doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca wrote: >In article <6c9fdff618ba6b2cf876190900442a26@hamiltonhall.info>,
    john <john@hamiltonhall.info> wrote:
    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern trash
    could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the show are >>>expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction for NEW Doctor >>>material as well as the show now being completely in limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated time and time again. >>

    Save Doctor Who! Retcon the Timeless Child.

    RIP Dr. Who. Another victim of Woke BS.


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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Fri Nov 21 10:57:01 2025
    On 2025-11-19 14:10:01 +0000, ???? Valeria - UkrainianBeautyOnline said:
    arlat08jhuba@hotmail.com wrote:
    In article <6c9fdff618ba6b2cf876190900442a26@hamiltonhall.info>,
    john@hamiltonhall.info wrote:
    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern >>>> trash could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the >>>> show are expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction >>>> for NEW Doctor material as well as the show now being completely in
    limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated time and time again. >>
    They destroyed in 5 years what had endured for 60. Three generations shared >> this passion, and were told we were never the audience to begin with.

    To be fair, it died before. Maybe it needs to go away for a few years so that someone who actually loves it can revive it again.

    There's far too much ridiculous baggage to deal with now due to
    Doctoress Who, Black-gay Who, the Mistress, bi-regeneration, etc. for
    it to ever be done properly again. :-(


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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Sat Nov 22 20:27:57 2025
    On 2025-11-20 15:26:10 +0000, RICHARD perin said:
    In article <6c9fdff618ba6b2cf876190900442a26@hamiltonhall.info>, john@hamiltonhall.info wrote:
    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern
    trash could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the
    show are expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction
    for NEW Doctor material as well as the show now being completely in
    limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated time and time again.

    Like Star Trek.

    And Batman.
    And Superman.
    And Knight Rider.
    And Battlestar Galatica.
    And ...

    Now there's a new Stargate show been announced, so there goes another franchise down the toilet. :-(


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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Sat Nov 22 11:28:38 2025
    Your Name wrote:

    On 2025-11-20 15:26:10 +0000, RICHARD perin said:
    In article
    <6c9fdff618ba6b2cf876190900442a26@hamiltonhall.info>, john@hamiltonhall.info wrote:

    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated
    time and time again.

    Like Star Trek.

    And Batman.
    And Superman.
    And Knight Rider.
    And Battlestar Galatica.
    And ...

    Now there's a new Stargate show been announced, so there
    goes another franchise down the toilet. :-(

    Is it the franchises changing for the worse... or just us
    getting older and not liking change?! ;-)

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Sun Nov 23 10:50:29 2025
    On 2025-11-22 11:28:38 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    Your Name wrote:

    On 2025-11-20 15:26:10 +0000, RICHARD perin said:
    In article
    <6c9fdff618ba6b2cf876190900442a26@hamiltonhall.info>,
    john@hamiltonhall.info wrote:

    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated
    time and time again.

    Like Star Trek.

    And Batman.
    And Superman.
    And Knight Rider.
    And Battlestar Galatica.
    And ...

    Now there's a new Stargate show been announced, so there
    goes another franchise down the toilet. :-(

    Is it the franchises changing for the worse... or just us getting older
    and not liking change?! ;-)

    For me it's definitely all the idiotic changes that simply make the
    "new version" a very different show, so why did they bother re-using
    the same title? They may as well just have made a completely new show
    to begin with (e.g. "Warship Gigantica") and say it is very loosely
    based on the original.

    Almost always these silly remakes / reboots / reimaginings are done by
    some new egotistical fool who thinks they know better then the person
    with the talent to come up with the original, as to how it "should have
    been done".

    There's usually some nonsense excuse that re-using the same name means
    they have a "built-in audience", but that's utter rubbish - the changes
    mean the original fans won't like it, and people who didn't like the
    original are unlikely to watch something with the same name.

    Even resurrected shows (including prequels, sequels, and spin-offs)
    with mostly the same cast and crew rarely work because everyone has
    changed and time has moved on, so it's never really the same "magic" as
    it was the first time around.


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  • From Jerry Brown@3:633/10 to All on Sun Nov 23 08:32:53 2025
    On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 20:27:57 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2025-11-20 15:26:10 +0000, RICHARD perin said:
    In article <6c9fdff618ba6b2cf876190900442a26@hamiltonhall.info>,
    john@hamiltonhall.info wrote:
    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern >>>> trash could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the >>>> show are expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction >>>> for NEW Doctor material as well as the show now being completely in
    limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated time and time again. >>
    Like Star Trek.

    And Batman.
    And Superman.
    And Knight Rider.
    And Battlestar Galatica.
    And ...

    Now there's a new Stargate show been announced, so there goes another >franchise down the toilet. :-(

    It's going to be run by a mix of people from both the original movie
    and the tv show; Devlin&Emmerich have previously made known their
    dislike of the changes made for TV, so we could be in for bit of
    infighting (which never works out well).


    --
    Jerry Brown

    A cat may look at a king
    (but probably won't bother)

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 24 09:08:22 2025
    On 2025-11-23 08:32:53 +0000, Jerry Brown said:

    On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 20:27:57 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2025-11-20 15:26:10 +0000, RICHARD perin said:
    In article <6c9fdff618ba6b2cf876190900442a26@hamiltonhall.info>,
    john@hamiltonhall.info wrote:
    In article <10d7q90$3rlsu$3@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote: >>>>>
    We all knew that Doctor Who was over. Anyone that has seen this modern >>>>> trash could see it a mile away. However even writers involved with the >>>>> show are expressing the same sentiment. With ZERO demand or direction >>>>> for NEW Doctor material as well as the show now being completely in
    limbo.

    https://youtu.be/8qxQ7XZFHGE?si=799Pg1oCE-IUCzAQ

    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated time and time again.

    Like Star Trek.

    And Batman.
    And Superman.
    And Knight Rider.
    And Battlestar Galatica.
    And ...

    Now there's a new Stargate show been announced, so there goes another
    franchise down the toilet. :-(

    It's going to be run by a mix of people from both the original movie
    and the tv show; Devlin&Emmerich have previously made known their
    dislike of the changes made for TV, so we could be in for bit of
    infighting (which never works out well).

    Yep. Especially since at one stage there were at least three competing projects inu development - a new TV show, a movie based on teh TV show,
    and a new movie that completely ignored the TV show. :-\

    Similarly there were also three competing "Battlestar Galactica"
    projects - one a sequel to the Glen Larson original TV series, one a
    sequel to the Moore-Ron TV show, and one that somehow was meant to
    combine the two TV shows.




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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 24 09:13:09 2025
    On 2025-11-23 09:47:57 +0000, Daniel70 said:
    On 23/11/2025 8:50 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-11-22 11:28:38 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-11-20 15:26:10 +0000, RICHARD perin said:
    In article
    <6c9fdff618ba6b2cf876190900442a26@hamiltonhall.info>,
    john@hamiltonhall.info wrote:

    I'm glad its dead, much better than seeing it violated
    time and time again.

    Like Star Trek.

    And Batman.
    And Superman.
    And Knight Rider.
    And Battlestar Galatica.
    And ...

    Now there's a new Stargate show been announced, so there
    goes another franchise down the toilet.? :-(

    Is it the franchises changing for the worse... or just us getting older >>> and not liking change?!? ;-)

    For me it's definitely all the idiotic changes that simply make the
    "new version" a very different show, so why did they bother re-using
    the same title? They may as well just have made a completely new show
    to begin with (e.g. "Warship Gigantica") and say it is very loosely
    based on the original.

    Almost always these silly remakes / reboots / reimaginings are done by
    some new egotistical fool who thinks they know better then the person
    with the talent to come up with the original, as to how it "should have
    been done".

    Hmmm!! (As this IS a 'Doctor who' newsgroup I'm reading this in ....)
    I'm thinking you were thinking about Chris Chibnall there, Your Name!!

    Not necessarily. There are many franchises that have been ruined by
    silly reboots, remakes, and reimaginings, many long before Chibnall
    (aka Chib-nail-in-the-coffin) joined Doctor Who.

    Earlier examples include the idiotic "Team Knight Rider" and the awful
    "Knight Rider 2000" movie. Plus of course the ridiculous Americanised
    "Doctor Who" movie with Paul McGann.

    It isn't just TV / movies either. The comic book industry has ruined
    many of its own franchises with silly changes too.



    There's usually some nonsense excuse that re-using the same name means
    they have a "built-in audience", but that's utter rubbish - the changes
    mean the original fans won't like it, and people who didn't like the
    original are unlikely to watch something with the same name.

    Even resurrected shows (including prequels, sequels, and spin-offs)
    with mostly the same cast and crew rarely work because everyone has
    changed and time has moved on, so it's never really the same "magic" as
    it was the first time around.



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